• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Resurrection., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Trinity, with Christ on a crucifix., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of a woman in prayer before the Virgin and Child., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of Peter., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of Stephen., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Coloured initial and musical notations on 4-line staves., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

Coloured initial and musical notations on 4-line staves. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost. It

• Text page with added notes., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

Text page with added notes. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost. It can also be

• Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120)., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120). The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of

• Ink drawing of a hunting scene with a boar, a stag, hunters, dogs and a hare (continued on the opposite page)., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Ink drawing of a hunting scene with a boar, a stag, hunters, dogs and a hare (continued on the opposite page). Watermark visible on f. [ii] (similar to C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier

• Decorated initial 'H'(unc) with the John Beaver's initials, 'IB', in gold, at the start of the inscription, stating that Lord John Beaver, monk of St. Albans, had the manuscript made, and that with the permission of John Whethamstede, the abbot (1420-1440), he has given it to God, the Virgin Mary, and the church of St. Alban. This is followed by an anathema and a list of the contents., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

initial 'H'(unc) with the John Beaver's initials, 'IB', in gold, at the start of the inscription, stating that Lord John Beaver, monk of St. Albans, had the manuscript made, and that with the permission of John Whethamstede, the abbot (1420-1440),

• Decorated initial 'W'(han) with pen-flourishing., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae), in English verse with the Latin text in the margin (ending imperfectly) and other texts (see notes)

Oxford): inscribed 'Explicit primus liber. Quod Chawndelere' (f. 17) .Verses in English (imperfect), 15th century (f. 3) John Bunge, 15th century: inscribed 'John Bunge' (f. [iii]).Pen-trials in various 15th-16th-century hands (see ff. 2r-v, 45, 87r-v) including various names: 'Elizabeth', 'Richard

• Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta)., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies

and Homilies The Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: perhaps to be identified with a volume mentioned by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 216, and ~Joannis Lelandi antiquarii

• Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4